====== Biocomp Sensor (Equipment) ======
===== SENSOR, BIOCOMP (PL 7) =====

The biocomp is a [[dataslate equipment|handheld computer]] or [[computer_gauntlet_equipment|computerized gauntlet]] designed to analyze biological life forms and data. It’s main use is as a reader of bioelectric signatures, unique to each individual, for security and identification purposes. Using a biocomp in this manner is a full-round action, requiring the target to be relatively still throughout the round, and requiring the user to make a [[knowledge_life_sciences_skill|Knowledge (Life Sciences)]] to correctly interpret the data. In order to confirm an identity, the biocomp must have access to a library of bio-electrical signatures to which it can compare the one being scanned.

Biocomp sensors are often added (using the integrated [[equipment_gadgets|equipment gadget]]) to computers at checkpoints and doorways into secure facilities. In these cases, the computer stores a library of bioelectrical signatures, as well as software that allows it to run the Knowledge (Life Sciences) check.

In addition to the uses above, a biocomp sensor provides a +4 equipment bonus to any Knowledge (Life Sciences) check made to analyze or identify biological organisms and ecosystems.
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